Kevin Broderick wrote:
> The freeps article today reports that ASC did change its counting
> method but does not mention *how* it changed it:
> "This season's numbers are misleading because the resort employed a
> new method for counting visits, Rathbun said. Similarly, American
> Skiing reported that visits were down at Mount Snow in West Dover by
> 18 percent, where the counting method also changed. "
"Beginning in fiscal 2006, the company revised the methodology used to
estimate skier visitation at its eastern resorts. The company now uses
scanning of certain lift ticket products to estimate skier visitation
and believes this methodology to be a more accurate reflection of skier
visitation levels. While this methodology has changed, the company
believes that any discrepancies in such methods in comparison with prior
years are immaterial to total skier visitation levels reported. The
scanning methodology used to estimate skier visitation the company's
western resorts is unchanged compared to the prior fiscal year."
http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/11505727593881.shtm
(Basically ASC's financial report with some stuff edited out.)
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